Jack (My dog) knows that the laundry sorted all over the bed means "Daddy is going to leave", he knows that when I stat cooking supper, that he can start watching for Daddy. Jill and the cat don't react like this, so I guess it's a Jack thing. DC will turn her back on me if I don't feed her right away, or brush her, or give her water - you know she's upset!

Wow it sounds like the boarding cattery is quite nice. I might like to go there myself and be waited on hand and foot especially since ship travel is not my favorite thing. Hope you have a wonderful vacation.

Having 18 cats we always leave one of us at home but if we have a move around or a sort out, then they sulk ...each in a very individual way.

Had to smile to see your fire on and your temps being 11 ...we are in the middle of summer and the heating is off ...and we are averaging 14. Ok we have had one or three days that actually reached beyond 20 but then we have had a couple that were only 11....not that we over here are obsessed by the weather lol.

Ah, your darling Kiera is more a typically well loved cat than an emotional female. She keeps an eye on what Her humans get up to, and is noticing the changes to Her home's routine, and the stuff that usually lives in other places.

I keep Zebby's cat cage under the table (storing some of my wool stash) and he only protests once put into a car.

Does Kiera then "sing" all the way the the cattery? My daft, darling Zeb sure does!

Hope your kitty (Burmese?)does better while you are gone than ours did while we were gone. She sulked and refused to eat for about a week and lost a lot of weight (and she was little to begin with). Yours looks very "healthy" indeed! LOL

I just returned, yesterday, from an eight-day vacation to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. My little Layla (a schnoodle-dog) stayed next door with her friends "Miley" and "Chester," whose "parents" were also away. Of course, someone came in to feed them and to let them out. I wish there was a hidden camera in the house so that we could see what they did all week.

Yes, they do know when we're going somewhere.

Hope your trip went well and that Kiera was happy to see you when you picked her up.

Your cat seems to know how to play on your doubts and feeling of guilt. I feel guilty leaving my dog behind. My cats I am less sympathetic with. They go outside with ample food and water (in necessary a neighbour keep it supplied.) Othewise, they are on their own. Such is the price of freedom. Their life may be shortened but they are free to be "wild" outside.